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PFITZNER, H.: Symphony in C major / SCHUMANN, R.: Concertstuck (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz)

Composer(s):
Artist(s)
Period(s) 20th CenturyRomantic
Genre Classical Music
Category Orchestral
Catalogue 8.572770
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 6.99
 

 


The musical expression of German Romanticism is the theme of this disc. The trajectory of Schumann’s Konzertstück, Op 86, written for four horns and orchestra, goes from heroism to introspection. Two of his Symphonic Etudes, Op 13, were orchestrated by no less a figure than Tchaikovsky, while Albert Parlow orchestrated four of Brahms’ most exciting Hungarian Dances. Mendelsssohn’s Overture to his Ballad Opera Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde (Song and Stranger) embodies classical virtues. Anton Webern’s Langsamer Satz for string quartet has been vibrantly orchestrated by Gerard Schwarz. Hans Pfitzner, one of the last representatives of the movement, is represented by his concise, melodic Symphony in C major.


   




Review By Paul Corfield Godfrey,MusicWeb International,January 2013

One is most grateful to Naxos for their continuing rescue job on the old Delos Seattle Schwarz catalogue, in which they are including not only the invaluable issues of American works but also a large number of other readings of works which have either never been previously issued—such as the Pfitzner symphony here—or have had only limited circulation and critical notice in the past. This disc…assembles a number of valuable performances which would otherwise have slipped through the net.

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Review By Pedro Sancho de la Jordana Dezcallar,Ritmo,January 2013

Nuevo ejemplar perteneciente a la Colección Seattle Symphony y, por tanto, a mayor gloria de esta agrupación, que ya supera los cien años (su fundación data de 1903) y sus registros alcanzan los 140 discos con varios premios a cuestas. El disco presenta un refrito de obras editadas anteriormente en el sello Delos (salvo la Sinfonía de Pfitzner) y que pueden reunirse bajo el título “Expresión musical del romanticismo alemán”. Se inicia con un Konzertstück Op. 86 para cuatro trompas de Schumann, del que también escuchamos una curiosidad : dos Estudios sinfónicos de su Op. 13, orquestados por Tchaikovsky. También una Obertura de Mendelssohn y Cuatro Danzas húngaras de Brahms

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Review By Mark Lehman,American Record Guide,January 2013

All are worth hearing; but the highpoint…is Pfitzner’s Symphony in C.… since I first heard it, I’ve loved this noble, melodious, delightfully eccentric creation…

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